Wiga Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Wiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 215 | 1:96,600 | 11,495 |
| Tanzania | 88 | 1:601,609 | 37,493 |
| Burkina Faso | 53 | 1:346,266 | 5,749 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wiga (1,173) may also be a first name.
Wiga Demographics
Average Wiga Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wiga is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wiga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 619,831st most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Wiga are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 18 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 231,872nd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 1,173 people.
The last name Wiga is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 96,600. In Cameroon Wiga is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 60 percent live, North Region, where 38 percent live and Northwest Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 11 percent live.
Wiga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wiga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wiga surname rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wiga Last Name Statistics demography
Wiga earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wiga
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